AARON LIVESY

-The Chase-

"How To Save A Life?"

When your day is long
And the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough
Of this life, well hang on

Don't let yourself go
'Cause everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes

Song belongs to R.E.M

"Adam!" Cameron raised his voice while staring intently at his brother. "Get out!"

Adam shook his head; he was determined to stay despite the growing sick feeling in his stomach. "The only time I'm leaving is when Aaron's in my arms, don't make me leave" he pleaded as tears were verging on falling from his eyes.

Cameron nodded and stepped forward but Jason added more pressure to the knife which instantly made him stop. Scared as hell and shaking Cameron lowered himself down to the edge of the bed and sat down. "J-Jason mate, give me the knife"

Jason shook his head.

"Why not?"

"Because you're going to take him"

"Damn right we are" Adam threatened which Cameron didn't take kindly too and he shot a look back at him. "This might go along a bit easier if you shut it!" he yelled and then turned back to Jason who was still holding Aaron against the knife, and while it was a small one it would kill him, one cut into his jugular and that would be it, and not forgetting that he was already bleeding from a cut into his side Cameron had to try and act quick but calmly. "He's hurt Jason, you've hurt him"

"H-he wouldn't do as I said, he- he doesn't love me" Jason replied, his voice panicked and very shaky.

"But he did Jason, he really did" Cameron took a breath, pausing before he continued. "I warned you Jason, I warned you"

"I'm fine why can't you see that? I just want me and Aaron to be happy"

"Happy?" Cameron spat. "Look in his eyes Jason!" he raged. "History has repeated itself, you've killed his mind, killed it and you've beaten and picked away at him till there was nothing left" Cameron told him as Adam's sobs filled the room.

"No…" Jason shook Aaron as he looked down at him. "No I haven't…see…Aaron? Aaron baby come on…"

Cameron sighed and shook his head as he watched the devastating scene before him. "Do you love him Jason?"

Jason nodded frantically.

"And do you trust me?"

"I-I've never really worked you out…a-and you're my brother" he chuckled. "T-This is all yours and dads fault, you know that don't you?"

"No" Cameron's expression hardened. "Don't you dare put this on me, this is not my fault"

"My first footie goal, my first trophy, my good grades in school" Jason began to rant as tears ran down his face. "Never good enough, y-you were always dads favourite, course you would be, you were his first boy, the golden boy…you could do no wrong…and you used it against me…getting me in trouble, telling me I was second best, and you still do, when you saw me again in Emmerdale you still did"

Cameron lowered his head and sighed.

"T-The only person who ever really appreciated me and loved me for who I was, was mum!" Jason sobbed. "It was mum" his sobs racked his entire body. "And she left me with you and him! LEFT ME!"

Tears filled Cameron's eyes; his baby brother was a mess.

"All I've ever wanted since she died was someone to love me and look at me like she did" Jason sobbed. "I needed to feel special just like she made me feel when she was alive cause you never did, dad never, I never grew up idolising either of you, I'd always spend time with mum do you remember?"

Cameron nodded as he dug his teeth into his bottom lip to stop it quivering.

"Then I found Aaron, he's perfect and I love him from the bottom of my heart but I got scared that he'd leave, I-I had to do something…I-I know…it's happened again" he cried out. "I know it has" he said as he began to rock back and forth with Aaron in his arms. "B-but I had to stop him, make him feel like all he had was me…t-then him and Flynn fucked behind my back!" he raged glaring at Adam, in Jason's eyes he was to blame for that. "T-then I knew he couldn't ever leave…"

"Jaso-n" Cameron spoke but his words caught as his emotions overwhelmed him. "Jason…you're killing him"

"Noo" Jason sobbed as the rocking quickened. "He's going to be fine he just has to wake up"

"He's in shock Jason, h-his body has been through too much, you have to see that, y-you do don't you?"

Jason nodded quickly.

"Okay" Cameron blew out a deep breath. "Do you want him to die from blood loss?"

Jason hung his head and shook it.

"Then let him go and everything will be alright"

"But it won't be" Jason's sobbed continued.

"Hey, I-it will…I'll get you help mate, proper help this time I promise and Aaron will be fine you won't have to worry about him, he's a fighter but you…you already know that don't you?"

Jason nodded and Cameron smiled gently at him. "I might not say it much Jason but you are my brother and I love you, I always have" he cried. "But you have to do the right thing and give him to us so we can get him and you some help, will you do that?"

Jason nodded at his brother and flung the knife away to the other side of the room then he hugged Aaron tightly and whispered into Aaron's ear. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry" he sobbed. "I love you so much, I do, I never stopped I'm sorry for everything, you are perfect Aaron, I'm sorry" he sobbed uncontrollably.

"Come on mate, it's alright" Cameron told him as he wiped his eyes and he edged down onto the floor and held out his arms. "He'll be safe, trust me"

Jason nodded and began to move so he could hand over Aaron. "I never meant too" Jason told him, it was as if he was a child all of a sudden.

"Mum wouldn't have wanted this for you mate" Cameron said as he finally took Aaron's naked form into his body. "Adam get something to wrap round him"

Adam nodded and jumped into action.

"I miss her so much" Jason told his brother, the tears still flowing.

"I know you do mate, so do I, everyday" he smiled gently as the light made the tears in his eyes glimmer. "I'm going to help Adam get him into the car so he can take him to hospital alright?" Jason nodded. "Then I'll be right back okay?"

"Okay" Jason nodded while still rocking on the floor.

Cameron got up to his feet with Aaron in his arms and walked to Adam who had a bed sheet waiting, ready to wrap around his friend. "Let's get him in the car" Cameron said and he started to move out of the room but Jason stopped him.

"Cameron" Jason said and watched his brother face him.

"Yeah?"

"I-I'm sorry I was never good enough"

"You are mate, I love you, you're my brother" he flashed a smile. "I won't be long"

Jason nodded and watched them go.

Once downstairs, Cameron ran to the car as Adam unlocked it from a distance. "W-what do I say when I get him there Cameron?"

"Everything, violent relationship but please don't tel - " Cameron was stopped in his tracks and his eyes widened when the sound of a deafening gunshot could be heard, which stunned Adam too and made him stand still.

Cameron quickly handed Aaron over to Adam and bolted back to the house. "JASON!" he screamed. "JASON!" he kept screaming as he jumped up the stairs, three at a time in a blind panic. What he saw next however killed him, he fell to his knees at the sight of his brother lying flat on the floor on his back with a bullet hole through his chest, the 'Never forget' tattoo on his chest was drenched in blood. It was safe to say that Jason Murray certainly never forgot, to the point it damaged him, his grief spiralled into something so much more sinister.

Cameron crawled over to the lifeless body of his brother. "OH no!" he screamed, and in his mind countless missed opportunities with Jason flashed in his mind. "God No!" he sobbed.

…

Adam hated himself for leaving Cameron behind but his priority was Aaron, he drove well over the speed limit but it was late and the roads were quiet, he was in a rush to get Aaron to Hotten general. "Mate, wake up come on you're safe now, I-I know you can hear me, you're just in shock, c-c-catatonic state o-or summit, I read it once in a magazine…" he sighed, desperate for his mate to come round. "I'm sorry for what I said to you, I didn't mean it I was just angry, I love you mate, I love you to bits alright just come round and talk to me, talk to me please?" he begged as he wiped his eyes while he focussed on the road.

There was still no signs as Adam hauled him out of the car which he simply abandoned by the doors to the casualty department. "Help! Please I need help!"

Immediately a few nurses ran over to him. "Okay son what's his name?"

"I-it's Aaron Livesy"

"Okay Aaron, can you hear me?" she asked as she checked for a pulse and pulled out her light from her pocket and shone it in both of his eyes and thankfully both pupils reacted. "What happened to him?"

"U-uh…he's been suffering domestic violence…he hadn't been seen for ages so me and his boyfriends brother went round and found him…I-I think he was r-raped…he's hurt badly…I think he's just give up" Adam sobbed. "I don't know how long it's been going on for"

"It's alright, he's in good hands now" the nurse smiled at him as a bed was wheeled over and Adam lay him down on it. "Please report to reception to check him in" Adam nodded and the nurse squeezed his arm. "We'll take good care of him, you can wait as long as you like"

Adam nodded. "Thank you, see…mate…y-you're going to be fine" he sobbed as Aaron was taken away.

After he had checked Aaron in at reception, tiredly Adam wiped his eyes as he stepped outside into the cold night air, he got back in the car and moved it out of the way and parked it in a space quite a distance from the entrance. As he walked back to the entrance he braced himself as he took out his phone and made a call.

"Hello, Woolpack" Chas spoke happily

"Yeah, Chas it's me Adam" he told her as he could hear the loud punters in the background.

"Oh hiya love what's up?" She asked with a smile.

"Erm, its bad news Chas, its Aaron…y-you need to get to Hotten general now" there was no reply from Chas, the call instantly ended. She was on her way, as fast as she could.

TBC…